CAT/C/34/D/221/2002 Page 14 had not yet been able to complete the proceedings and deliver a judgment in the case, since no witness had turned up to give evidence. Issues and proceedings before the Committee: Consideration of admissibility 7.1 Before considering any claims contained in a complaint, the Committee against Torture must decide whether or not it is admissible under article 22 of the Convention. In this respect the Committee has ascertained, as it is required to do under article 22, paragraph 5 (a), of the Convention that the same matter has not been and is not being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement. The Committee also notes that the State party acknowledges that domestic remedies have been exhausted. 7.2 In respect of the State party’s contention that the claim under article 3 should be declared inadmissible for lack of minimal substantiation, the Committee observes that it has received detailed information about pending court cases against the complainant, one of which could result in the complainant’s arrest and detention upon return to Bangladesh, and that the complainant has described in detail his activities for a political party and experience of torture. The Committee considers that this claim should be examined on the merits. 7.3 To the extent that the complainant argues that the State party would be in breach of article 16 by exposing him to possible ill-treatment, the Committee observes that only in very exceptional circumstances may a removal per se constitute cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Such exceptional circumstances have not been presented in the complainant’s case. Accordingly, the claim under article 16 is inadmissible ratione materiae, as incompatible with the provisions of the Convention. 7.4 With regard to the State party’s contention that counsel’s further documentation was lodged out of time and should not be considered by the Committee, the Committee notes that this documentation was not submitted in response to a request for information from the Committee within a specific deadline, as set out in Rule 109, paragraph 6 of the Rules of procedure, but after a recent medical examination of the complainant and a recent declaration by the Vice Chairman of the Jatiyo Party Central Committee. While the Committee considers that